I posted in the Colorado boards as well as here, but I see these prices as being nearly to good to be true. I tried ordering the 5 gallon buckets, but there is no place to order. Only a contact option. Being local is a HUGE benenfit.

 

the 55-gal closed lid seems a good deal . Seems likes shipping is a bit pricy. If your local I definately would stop by and score one or two for water storage. Just make sure you know what was in the buckets/drums b4 you buy em

 

Shipping runs more than the products. If close enough to pickup locally, they are great prices.

 

Thanks I haven't priced these much so I wasn't sure. I figured shipping would probably be prohibitively high but they are only 1/2 hour from me. I'll probably stop by there on a Saturday and pick up what I can. Supposedly they tell you what is in every container before you buy it. Actually they come dirty so I think you can see for yourself. Mostly sugar based stuff it looks like. I'll let the CO folks know what I think if I get by there.

 

The price on the IBC runs slightly high to market price, but not unrealistically so. But it's best to buy those locally if possible. Shipping is a killer. And they're available almost everywhere. It just takes some detective work to find them. Barrels are harder to find locally, but sometimes you can find them used for cheap. Check soda bottlers and larger food factories.

 

ditto on knowing exactly what was originally in the containers ....... best if they have original labels on them and come directly from the user .......

you want FOOD GRADE containers and there is NO WAY to clean out a container adequately that once held chems, petros and pesticides .........

 

Greetings folks. Owner of Colorado Zero Waste LLC dba as Boulder Tank and Barrel.

Re: shipping

We make no profit on shipping whatsoever. If we need to pallet and shrink wrap products it's $5.00 per pallet which covers our materials and the cost of the pallet itself. We mostly use HVH Transportation Inc. a local shipper which will interline/subrogate to other shippers to get loads across the country. My discounts with this outfit are very good, much better than you would get from UPS/FedEx/Conway Freight. I will gladly arrange freight for you if you would like or you could try something like Freightquote.com to arrange it for yourself. I can supply weights, # of pallets required and NMFC classes for shipping if you'd like.

Re: Colorado Shipping:
We can ship a single pallet load (4) barrels or (1) tote anywhere between Cheyenne and Pueblo for about $65.00 - with diesel prices increasing daily the fuel surcharges continue to go up so the price may vary a bit when you get your quote. The Western Slope of Colorado is about $10.00 more. Keep in mind these prices are not linear, for example two pallets would probably be right around $90.00 to ship to the Front Range. Residential addresses carry a surcharge as well, so if you can ship to terminal, or a commercial address you can save that surcharge which is typically right around $40.00.

Lower 48 shipping:

Varies by location and is typically more expensive to addresses in Washington State, California, New York and Florida. Just call or email for a quote.

I will be glad to answer any questions about our containers if you contact me. Keep in mind in the case of some containers in my inventory I am legally bound by a non-disclosure agreement and can only give you a general idea of the food stuff that was in them. In most cases you can easily guess. All of the residue is fully water soluble.

Thanks!
Eric

 

I just aquired two 275 gal totes with inspection dates of 10/10/10. I also discovered that they contained an ingredient used in cosmetics, lotions and suntan stuff. I did indeed investigate with the MSD sheet. Nothing is toxic. The ingredients are organic. The name of the the ingredient is dimethicone; generic description: Silicone in liquid form. OSHA hazardous comonents: None Present. This is for topical use only and not to be consumed. I cleaned the first container the other day with 10 gal. hot water and Dawn extra strenght. I tumbled and rolled the container about like a washing machine. Hard work, still sore! I also let it lay on all sides for hours, even the top. I opened 2in ball valve and let all the soapy water out as I used a regular hose with an attachment that made the pressure pretty strong. With the big hole in the top it was not hard to make sure every inch was rinsed thouroly. Then I hooked up my high pressure washer and rinsed it again. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. AZCACTUS

 

You can't really get silicone out. It's one of the hardest substances to remove that I've encountered. You really needed to have gotten food grade totes. They're available also, it just takes some detective work to find them. My totes held soy oil, so I know what a pain cleanup can be.

 

I'm in California and I'm seeing the same prices and better all over the place here.

It's like the Lord is helping us prep.

 

My totes do happen to be food grade HDPE2. When I said silicone it may have been misleading. There are many types of silicone. This happens to be dimethicone and is one of several types of silicone oil (polymerized siloxane). Its applications range from contact lenses and medical devices to elastomers; it is present, also, in shampoos ( as dimethicone makes hair shiny and slippery), food (anti-foaming agent), caulking, lubricating oils, and heat-resistant tiles. It is listed on MSDS as an organic polymer. It is particularly know for its unusual rheological (or flow) properties. The remnants in the 2in ball valve seemed quite thin. It is clear, and, in general, is considered to be inert, non-toxic and non-flammable. How thick is soy oil. Thanks, AZCACTUS

 

Soy oil is thin, but tenacious as hell when you're trying to clean it out. Takes a lot of detergent. I turned them upside down on sawhorses and used a pressure washer to get up inside the tank. It cleaned up pretty quickly but took a lot of work.

Most of the totes are food grade plastic, but it depends on what they carried as to whether they're really suitable for drinking water storage. Those seem borderline to me. Probably harmless, but still. Since it wasn't a food grade additive, the tote may have been used for some other non food grade material before that. I'm just extra cautious when it comes to food or water.

 

Thanks Mike! I'm iffy on using them as well but the first one cleaned up nice just with dawn, water and pressure washed. I will most likely end up using them. PS; I know the exact ingreedient that they held, and it is often used as a food additive as well as cosmetics. Sounds strange, but they use this ingredient as an anti-foaming agent in some foods. Jeff

 

Check in craigslist, I found a guy close to me sells 5 gallon food grade buckets with tight lids for 2 bucks, their from a pharma company, pills come in the buckets.

 

ahh what the hell, there is pharmaceuticals in most of our water anyway right.